Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-14
THE BURIAL OF THE .REDs.,
An Imposing but Orderly Domsonstra-
tiOu i'm Chicago Yesterday az the
Anarchists' Observation-Disclosures the
Color Of the Commune.

/ ton i'm Chicago Yesterday "a the
/ Anarchists' Observation-Disclosures the
Color of the Commune.
The funerals OF the dead anarchists In Chicago
yesterday were attended by considerable excite
/ ment, but no disturbances occurred BY order OF
| the mayor no banners were allowed to be carried
| In the funeral procession, and no music except
dirges was permitted. 1t was also stipulated that
| the bodies should be taken directly from the re-
spective homes OF the deceased to the place OF
| burial, which was some miles from the city.
Probably half a million people In the city wit
messed the public preparations for the funeral
Ten thousand people were present In the barest,
| emptiest graveyard adjacent to Chicago when the
corpses were buried Muttered curses and bitter
murmurs, and a cry OF throttle the law accom-
panied the parting words spoken over the five life
less bodies III Was almost TO a second the exact
| time when, forty-eight hours before, the
| scaffoid drop fell with ADJUST spies and
his comrades, that the blacklist OF the
hearses drew up at the door OF mis- relatives.
| A0out 1000 persons were congregated on the
street OF the block Ia which Spies lived when the
| time for departure OF the hearse arrived As at
the other houses where the anarchists bodies lay,
constant stream OF mOurners or curious sight
seers bad been since almost daylight pouring
through the building and viewing the remains.
When the hearse was standing at the curb Capt.
Black, the anarchists chief counsel was step
hg out 1nTSIgn tne IN dhrong at the spies fhre r
clad In Grape from head TO foot. The face was
completely yelled from sight and IL was generally
thought IL was Nina Van Zandt, but later Spies
proxy bride was seen In another carriage looking
1rm and defiant, not at all crushed by the terrible
experience she had passed through.
The most striking view OF the procession was OBJ
tained at the corner Of Lake and Desplaines
streets, for IL brought wildly TO mind the scenes
OF May L. 1886, when the bomb was thrown. IL
was just 40 O'Clock when the head OF the line
reached the spot. AT the corner IS the saloon and
hail OF Cnarles Zepf, the anarchist. AT the hour
above mentioned the first line OF men could De seen
crossing the Desplaines street vilduct, where in
1873 bloody light took place between the police
and the railroad strikers. There was no advance
| TWO aides, led the way. They wore no red, but
| simple black clothes and Grape on their arms.
dressed in the colOrs OF the German army, and on
| their heads spiked helmets. AS this band passed
Zepfs Hall, which was open and filled with drink
Ing men, IL struck up dirge, as did in fact every
other band In the procession there were AT least
fifteen OF them Following the first corps OF musi-
| clans walked the defense committee the men who
had charge of collecting the funds with which 1t
| Was hoped TO save the reds from their fate. Geo.
| A. Schilling led the committee. Following them
marched eight abreast, nearly 200 members OF the
Aurora Turn Verein, OF which August Spies was a
| member. The whole society was not out, as many
hundred OF the vorwarts Turner society ca .e
| next, wearing red badges on their breasts. This
branch OF the Turner'S is more strongly tinctured
with socialism than any in the city. One hundred
OF the ForJSchritt branch came next and then fol-
lowed the feature , OF the procession II was me
covered VITA floral tributes that nothing
else could be seen. Inside was the richly.
against the black brOadclotn OF the cofin
was thrown great sash OF red silk. II was
| all the more striking because no flowers had been
placed inside to interfere with the idea OF having
] Spies beloved cOlOrS shown TO the public even
after his death. The crowds on the street corners
craned their necks to get a glimpse OF this, the
most imposing OF all the hearses In the pageant.
Then another band wheeled into Lake street play
| ing dirge. II was In front OF many hundred
members OF the Central Labor Union, the members
OF which are among the most extreme socialists OF
| the city. Behind them walked the black horses
Adoph Fischer. His hearse had not so many
| flowers on IL as had that OF his cOmrade Spies,
| but there were enough to show that, although he
was poor man, yet his fellOw-sOcialists had not
| failed TO remember him. But no red silk emblem
had been thrown across the casket. Then
came the funeral carriage OF Parsons. on
| ing in his hands a floral emblem Of such
immense size that the inscription OF flowers, "FrOm
knights Of Labor Assembly No 1907" could be
| seen hundred feet away. This Is the assembly
to which Parsons belonged until 1t was kicked out
OF the order for its adherence TO the Of the
reds For the reason that this was the only floral
piece ON the hearse 1t attracted all the more at
tentiOn. Then there was another thing about Par
sons coffin. Instead OF great sash OF red thrown
across 1t there was simple strip OF red silk rib
bon, which was Jrailed carelessy from the head OF
the casket TO almost the center, and was then
strung along the floor OF the hearse until 1t wound
itself Into a little heap at the foot. Then along
| came another cohort OF the Central Labor Union
| butchers and bakers and representatives OF all
sorts OF trades. Behind these were drawn the
hearses OF George Engel, and Louis Lngg the
suicide. They were friends in life and lived To-
| the inevitable red banners several floral pieces
| were carried behind by stalwart men.
| All through this, which may be called the first
part OF the demonstration, were interspersed the
carriages containing the relatives and few neal
friends OF the dead anarchists. The next feature
| Of the procession was the turnout OF people who
followed after the hearsea Down from the via
duct, around the corner into Lake street, they
\ marched. There were men, women, boys and girl:
on foot, and babes in arms, Oands OF music anC
| arms full OF flowers As they swung into Lake
street not a word was uttered by those in the
by the police for those in the parade was remark
| able Only eight officers were stationed at this
historic corner to keep the crowd back from In
truding.
noticeable feature Of this part of the pageant
was the showing made by the two local assemblies
OF the Knights Of Labor, composed wholly Of
| women Each one OF these was af1ame with red
throats, and long streamers OF crimson from theiI
| shoulders made the appearance OF the working
won, women the object Of special comment In front Of
| workman OF the organization known as Lucy Par.
| sons Assembly, Knights OF Labor. She was at
| wreath, TO the top OF which was attached a snow.
| white dove-the emblem OF peace. 1t will be re.
memoeIed that the signal Tor the gathering at
"Ruhe, meaning peace. This was the only white
dove In the whole line. The tribute was sent by
the ladies' defense fund committee Of Cincinnati
Then came more men, women, and children, and II
| took the marching thousands Just twenty-three
| minutes TO pass the corner.
THE SPOT WHERE THE BOMB FELL
| After the pedestrians came the carriages. to the
number OF fifty. They were overloaded with
people OF all ages and sexes and here a change
was made. Instead OF turning into Lake street the
line OF vehicles Kept on due south on DeSplaDes
street at brisk trOt. Squarey over the SPOT
| where the bomb fell, and on over the ground
strewn by mangied bodies the night OF the rot
| tramped the horses. But there was no crowd there
| to-day. Not dozen persons were at the corner
OF Randolph street when the first carriage
rolled by. On went the line past the Des
PLANES street station, on the steps OF which
stood Lieut. Bold and few policemen. who
yazed On with stolid looks. The carriages reached
the Wisconsin Central Depot possibly twenty
| minutes ahead or the marchers OF the procession
| VINO went east on Lake street, south on FIFTH
avenue, and past the building in which was FORM
eriy the offiee OF August Spies and Albert r. Par
sons when they wrote DloOdthirsty editorials FOL
their respective papers. As the 1rst ranks OF the
Aurora Turn Nerefn passed the building some ont
| OF Its members raised in the air a small United
states nag and waved IL over his head
This was the signal for cheer from the loya
spectators on the sidewalk. In hall an hour more
SIN Central Depot, and the collins were borne or
the shoulders Of the pall-bearers TO the depot ant
| deposited In a car
so dense was the crowd In the depot and far ou
INTO the yard that II was almost Impossible TOR on,
10 Iorce passage. Then the engine and funera
car pulled slowly up the side track on to the mali
track, and were quickly attached 10 the Othe
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